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By Alexander Fulbright Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman called Sunday for extending Israel’s policy of demolishing terrorist murderers’ homes to Palestinian assailants who badly wound Israelis in terror attacks, saying such a policy would deter potential terrorists. Liberman said he recently instructed the Israel Defense Forces and the Defense Ministry’s legal adviser to weigh the possibility […]

Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) visited the protest tent outside the prime minister’s residence Sunday to show his support for the residents of Judea and Samaria who are demanding that the government increase security funding for their communities and for the paving of new bypass roads to improve road safety. Families who have lost

Arabs opened fire on Sunday evening from the Sinai Peninsula towards an IDF force that was engaged in operational activity near the security fence along the Egyptian border. There were no injuries among the soldiers, but a military vehicle sustained light damage. The IDF said that the incident is believed to be a spillover of

By TOI staff With coalition parties at odds over his party’s efforts to advance the so-called “French Law” granting serving prime ministers immunity from corruption investigations, Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he is “not interested” in legislation that could have an effect on a pair of investigations involving him. “Regarding the French Law, I am stating

By TOI staff A ministerial panel to fast-track legislation through the Knesset will apparently not convene for the second week in a row Sunday, amid a rift between coalition parties over a bill that could grant the prime minister immunity from criminal prosecution. Coalition whip David Bitan said the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, chaired by